the Café Gallery

Below are mp3 files and videos from a September 4 2013 (9/4/13, or 20130904)
evening of poetry at the Café Gallery, at Gallery Cabaret...





the open mic 9/4/13
at the Café Gallery
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Two Minutes with Ayn Rand
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Two Minutes with Ayn Rand
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Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Under Constant Supervision
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length poem
Flying to China
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Janet Kuypers reads her twitter-length poem
Objectifiable
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of Janet Kuypers reading her twitter-length poem <Objectifiable live 9/4/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)




During the evening, Janet Kuypers read a poem from v231 (April 2012) cc&d magazine, and both she and side kick Bob Rashkow read a poem each from the After the Apocalypse 2013 date book — John also read poems from the newly-released issue of Down in the Dirt magazine (v118, the July/August 2013 issue). All of these magazines and books are available through Scars Publications, so check out a sampling of writing across the spectrum today...





Janet Kuypers reads the Don Hargraves poem
Atlas Shrugged in 6 Haikus
from v231 (the April 2012 issue) of cc&d magazine
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Janet Kuypers reads the Sheila Cremin poem
You’re Wasting the Hot Water
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Bob Rashkow reads the Richard Fein poem
an Appropriate Hell
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John reads the Liam Spencer poem
Another
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John reads the Liam Spencer poem
VS
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the Café Gallery




    There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live poerformances are included in Live at the Café includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 06/22/04, and Stripped from 06/07/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone’s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations, including iTunes.

 
Live at the Café - 3 disc set



 
Dobro Veče - 3 disc set

    There is also a (more recent) 4 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 4 CD set of live poerformances are included in Dobro Veče (“Good Evening” in Serbian) includes not only recordings from 2006, 2007 and 2008, but it also contains past Poetry Wheels, and recordings of performance art shows like Twitter Inside at Regina’s Place in Logan Square 5/21/10. Bonus tracks include live recordings from at the Chicago State University Power Networking for Success show, as well as Café Ballou (Waiting4the Bus). You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations, like iTunes.



    There is also a 4 CD set of the final performances from J. Kuypers at the Café, collected into this release. This 4 CD set of live poerformances are included in “hmmm” includes not only recordings from 2010 and 2011, but it also contains recordings of different performance art shows, including her final show ever performed at the Café on 27/271/11, titled “hmmm”. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Cafe Ballou, Cafe Mestizo, Beach Poets, and more... You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations, including amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

 
“hmmm” - 4 disc set live at the Café



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